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Re: [DOCUWALLAHS2] Re: where to find indian documentaries online
Dear Fathima,
Glad to know that you are researching Indian documentaries. I am sure a lot of filmmakers will write back on this list with details of the films they have made. This list carries announcements of film screenings, festivals etc and that will be a good way for you to know about new films and also to get in touch with them. I suggest you subscribe to this e-group.
If you are looking for specific films or films by specific film makers, your search will be far easier. You may contact Amar Kanwar at amarkanwar@.... Some of the other groups and people you can contact for info on Indian docus:
Delhi Film Archive [DFA] <delhifilmarchive@...>
Magic Lantern Foundation, New Delhi <info@...>
Pedestrian Pictures, Bangalore <pedepics@...>
Amudhan R.P., Madurai <amudhanrp@...>
Third Eye, Thrissur, C Saratchandran: sarat.thirdeye@...
I am pasting below brief synopsis of three of the 14 odd films I have made. Let me know if any of these interest you.
All the best.
In harmony,
Stalin K.
www.videovolunteers.org
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INDIA UNTOUCHED- Stories of a People Apart
108 minutes. 2007. Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalm with English sub-titles
“India Untouched” will make it impossible for anyone in India to deny that Untouchability is still practiced today. The film is perhaps the most comprehensive look at caste oppression ever undertaken on film. Director Stalin K. spent four years traveling the length and breadth of the country to bear witness to the continued exclusion of Dalits, who bear the weight of a 4000 year-old religious system. From the campus of JNU, to medieval villages just outside our metropolises, this film exposes Untouchability in eight states and across four religions. The film’s canvas is stretches from Manu to matrimonial columns. In an age where the media projects only one image of a Rising India and urges the public to dismantle the reservation system, this film reminds us how far we are from being an equal society.
Awards:
Silver Dhow, Zanzibar International Film Festival, July 2008
Golden Conch, Best Documentary, Mumbai International Film Festival, February 2008
Best Film of the Festival, Mumbai International Film Festival, February 2008
Best Documentary, Mahindra IAAC Film Festival, New York, November 2007
Best Film, One Billion Eyes Film Festival, Chennai, India, August 2007
Gujarat-A Work In Progress
35 minutes. English. 2002
Since the 5th day of the genocidal carnage in Gujarat we have extensively documented hundreds of witness account of the attack in Ahmedabad. This film is a work in progress and was put together to be presented to the National Human Rights Commission as a video report when it first visited the state to enquire into the carnage on 20th March 2002. The film exposes the modus operandi of the attack
Lesser Humans
59 minutes. Gujarati with English. 1998
50 years of Independence have not changed the lives of the Bhangis in Gujarat, who even today continue the profession prescribed to them by the caste system -- manually disposing human excreta. This film investigates the factors responsible for the continuance of this often banned inhuman practice.
· Excellence Award, Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, 1999
· Best Film, New Delhi Video Festival, 1999
· Silver Conch, 5th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1998
· Special Mention, Amnesty International Film Festival, Amsterdam, 1998
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